Mary and I decided that it's
important to give back to the university.
And so I became involved with
Michigan State and the actuarial program.
I saw lots of opportunity for young students,
for students at Michigan State
to become engaged in
the actuarial science program.
As Sigmon Conference has
always been a way for us to
connect basically the world to mid Michigan.
And now this is a way for us to
connect mid Michigan to the outer world.
Our future depends on
the students that they have
the good opportunity to
excel and do well in their own career.
Msu runs a very efficient operation.
They handle many of
the logistic details needed,
and they support you from start to finish.
That gave us the opportunity
to come to the Simon Conference.
Defensive rating is the estimate of
a player's points allowed
per 100 defensive possessions.
Sports analytics club program.
They're a national organization
and what they do is they
connect young folks underrepresented groups
and to get them interested
in stem via sports analytics.
Learning how to think
quantitatively is critical for
actuarial science and getting people
started at a young age is the best.
As a teacher, I understand the value of
data analytics and the value
of data in our day to day life.
And students also understand and they are
applying for these courses
and participating in these programs.
So I think that's one of the motivation here.
The program itself has
many opportunities beyond just making rates.
And I wanted to make
sure that the students really saw
this wide range of
opportunities within the actuarial science,
within the mathematics program.
For somebody at the tail end of their career.
It was very, very interesting to see some of
the new and upcoming leaders,
the next generations of
actuarial science and data science.
But I think the other interesting thing about
actuarial science is you can
go so many different routes.
The tools you use in actuarial science
can be applied to data analytics,
They can be applied to sports analytics.
They're all kind of the same thing,
just applied, different fields.
I've always been interested in like
the business and finance area too.
And so that's why like actuarial science
is because it kind of blends your math,
your stat, your finance altogether.
And it becomes something that's
really interesting to me personally.
Would encourage folks to look
at Michigan State University,
to come here, to send your kids here.
We don't limit ourselves to
one or two areas of inquiry.
I think what differentiates us is
this interdisciplinary approach to science.
Michigan State is for everyone
and specifically it's for you.
If you're watching this video,
please contact me.
We want to know what we should do for
you in the next 10, 20, 30 years. Go green.